“The new one over there in Lichterfelde I do not know, but the old one,
that I do know--yes--h’m--was even a cadet there in my time--yes--that
one I do know.”
This repetition of words gave me the feeling that he knew not only the
house, but probably many an event that had taken place in it.
“As you come from Alexander Square,” he continued, “there first comes
a court with trees. Now grass grows in the court; in my time it was not
so, for the drills took place there and the cadets went walking there
during the hours of recreation. After that comes the great main building
that encloses a square court, which is called the ‘Karreehof,’ and
there, too, the cadets used to walk. Passing by from the outside, you
can’t see into the court.”